Commission on Aging

WHEATON HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES REGULAR MEETING October 11, 2018 I. Call to Order and Roll Call: The regular meeting of the Wheaton Housing Commission was held in the Gammon Room, Wheaton City Hall, at 303 W. Wesley Street, Wheaton, Illinois. Housing Commissioner Chair, Bob Barger, called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm on Thursday, October 11, 2018. Present: Absent: Bob Barger, Chair Stu Johnson Joe Kreidl – City of Wheaton Jan Kay Steve Limp David Horton Mike Rybinski Tom Zullo Bill Gilbertson Guest: Marcella Incarnati NOTE: Commissioner Barger announced that Steve Limp has submitted his letter of resignation. II. Public Comment: None III. Approval of Minutes: Commissioner Gilbertson moved, and Commissioner Johnson seconded, a motion to accept the minutes of the May 10, 2018 meeting. The motion was unanimously approved by a voice vote. IV. Correspondence: a. SFY 2018/ CY 2019 Housing Assistance Program Summary - City Council has given the go-ahead to go over our budget amount They do not want a waiting list. - $690 remaining in budget b. Commissioner Barger did communicate with Amy Bashiti of the Illinois Housing Development Authority to see what was involved in getting their approval for an affordable housing project. We need to partner with a developer of affordable housing who would then shepherd our project through the governmental approval process. V. Old Business: a. Wheaton Library Flyer: Commissioner Gilbertson showed us the Senior Housing Assistance poster he worked on. All agreed it was fine and that we need to find a place in the library to post it.  b. SALT Newsletter: Commissioner Gilbertson submitted our Senior Housing guidelines and SALT published them in their October newsletter. This goes via US mail to senior homeowners and renters in Wheaton. c. Web Site: All of our revised and new material related to housing and seniors is now up on the City of Wheaton web site. The attainable housing toolkit is also on the city site. Commissioner Barger will now schedule a time to do a video discussing where to find helpful information on seniors and housing web pages VI. New Business a. Revised questions/information for home visits The housing info revised questions were agreed to. We will state that many internet providers have discounted programs for as low at $10/month for low income seniors. b. Affordable Housing: Commissioner Barger has been appointed to the Impact Du Page affordable housing task force. They have already hired Mercy Housing to shepherd any proposals through the Illinois Housing authority. They agreed that Wheaton should be their first project because of the work the housing commission has already done. c. Roosevelt Rd redevelopment The consultants for the Roosevelt Rd redevelopment project also said affordable housing should be part of that project. The City Council agreed. VII. Adjournment: A motion to adjourn was made by Commissioner ,Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Horton. The motion was unanimously approved by a voice vote at 8:00 pm. The next regular meeting of this commission will be held on Thursday, November 8, 2018.